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Title: Ice Pig !
Post by: 8doubles on May 16, 2018, 17:33

They Ice Pigged the water main up the road yesterday !

Very clever stuff !

Title: Re: Ice Pig !
Post by: jaydig on May 16, 2018, 19:01

Showing my ignorance again, but what's an Ice Pig, and what does it do?

Title: Re: Ice Pig !
Post by: 8doubles on May 16, 2018, 19:39

Hi Jaydig ,  a pig is the term for a pipe cleaning tool which uses the pressure of liquid behind it to scour out the solid matter that builds up in a pipeline in say the oil industry.
An Ice pig is just a plug of crushed ice they can send down a domestic water main to descale without any risk of losing a rigid version and blocking the flow till it is dug out !
Several videos on Youtube if you look for Ice Pigging. :)

Title: Re: Ice Pig !
Post by: jaydig on May 16, 2018, 19:48

Well, you learn something new every day, don't you.   I'd never heard of this before.  Thanks for the information.

Title: Re: Ice Pig !
Post by: mumofstig on May 16, 2018, 20:09

Something new to me as well  ::)

Title: Re: Ice Pig !
Post by: pigeonpie on May 19, 2018, 11:14

Glad it wasn't just me who had no idea of what an ice pig was. I was imagining a very cold, blue looking pig with icicles hanging from his ears and snout. 😆